Eurovision Song Contest 2016
The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 will be the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It will take place in the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, following Sweden's victory at the 2015 Contest in Vienna with the song "Heroes", performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. This will be the third time the contest has taken place in Stockholm, after 1975 and 2000,
the latter also being held at the Globe. The contest will consist of
two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May and the final on 14 May 2016. The three
live shows will be hosted by Måns Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede.
Forty-three countries will participate, equalling the record number of participants set in 2008 and 2011. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia and Ukraine will return after absences from recent contests, while Australia will also return after débuting as a special guest in 2015. However, Portugal will withdraw.Semi-final allocation draw
The draw to determine which country will participate in which semi-final took place in Stockholm City Hall on 25 January 2016, hosted by Alexandra Pascalidou and Jovan Radomir.[28] The first part of the draw determined which of the Big Five and Sweden will have to vote and perform in which semi-final. The second part of the draw decided in which half of the respective semi-finals each country will perform, with the exact running order to be determined by the producers of the show at a later date. Eighteen countries will participate in the first semi-final, while nineteen countries will participate in the second semi-final. From each semi-final, ten countries will join the Big Five and Sweden in the final, where a total of twenty-six countries will participate.
The thirty-seven semi-finalists were allocated into six pots, which
were published by the EBU on 21 January, based on historical voting
patterns as calculated by the contest's official televoting partner
Digame. Drawing from different pots helps in reducing the chance of
so-called neighbour voting and increasing suspense in the semi-finals. Israel,
who had been allocated to pot six, were pre-allocated to compete in the
second semi-final as the first semi-final coincides with Yom Hazikaron, while Germany were pre-allocated to vote and perform in the second semi-final for scheduling reasons| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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